Flowers of the Alps

Sticky primrose

Primula glutinosa

Photo taken on Tribulaun, Stubai Alps, by Allan Hartley

A delicate plant standing just 80mm high topped with a purple to violet flower head with 2-8 flowers each with five notched petals. It is one of the Primula family and is found on granitic (therefore acidic) rocks in the eastern and central Alps and in Croatia. The leaves are fleshy with glandular hairs, which is what makes it 'sticky'. It flowers in late spring and is often the first to colonise unfrozen ground after winter has passed.

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